EDUCATION
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, B.A., American Studies, 1976; Magna cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 “Light on the Land” LyndonDesign Gallery, Sea Ranch, California
2015 “Heavy Metal” Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2014 “Lost Worlds” Historic City Hall Arts & Cultural Center, Lake Charles, Louisiana
2012 “Lost Worlds” SFO Museum, San Francisco, California
2012 “Lost Worlds” Viewpoint Photographic Art Center, Sacramento, California
2011 “Lost Worlds” Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, D.C.
2011 “American Ruins” Louisiana Art & Science Museum, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
2010 “Lost Worlds” William Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2010 “World Ruins” www.forwardthinkingmuseum.com
2010 “American Ruins” Virginia Center for Architecture, Richmond, Virginia
2009 “American Ruins” Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin
2008 “American Ruins” Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas
2008 “American Ruins” Arkell Museum, Canajoharie, New York
1996 “Ten for the Road” Petersen Automotive Museum, Los Angeles, California
1995 “Ten for the Road” Orlando Gallery, Sherman Oaks, California
1990 West LA City Hall Gallery, West LA, California
1981 Canon Gallery, San Francisco, California
1980 Canon Gallery, Los Angeles, California
GROUP SHOWS
2024 “A Moment to Wonder,” Pie Projects Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1998 “Digital Extraction,” Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, California
1996 “Nash Editions-Digital Photography,” Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio (touring show)
1995 Silent Auction, Venice Art Walk, Venice, California
1992 Rental Division LA County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
1991 “The Next Generation,” Gallery 5, Santa Monica, California
1990 “Catch a Rising Artist” Auction, LA Arts Council, Los Angeles, California
1990 “Pop Visions–Six Photographers,” Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, California
1988 “Hollywood Photographs,” LA Photo Center, Los Angeles, California
COLLECTIONS
Petersen Automotive Museum, Los Angeles, California
The Music Center, Los Angeles, California
LA Studios, Los Angeles, California
Pachulski, Stang, Ziehl & Young, Los Angeles, California
Rubin, Postaer, Inc., Santa Monica, California
Zabin Industries, Los Angeles, California
Nash Editions, Manhattan Beach, California
Valentino, New York, New York
BOOKS
LIGHT ON THE LAND
Self-published, 2024
Photographs and text by Arthur Drooker
Foreword by Obie G. Bowman
TWILIGHT
Self-published, 2023
Photographs and text by Arthur Drooker
Essay by Deborah Klochko
CITY HALL
Schiffer (Atlglen, PA), 2021
Photographs and text by Arthur Drooker
Foreword by Douglas Brinkley
Essay by Thomas Mellins
CONVENTIONAL WISDOM
Glitterati (New York), 2016
Photographs and text by Arthur Drooker
Foreword by James Wolcott
PIE TOWN REVISITED
UNM Press (Albuquerque), 2015
Photographs and essay by Arthur Drooker
Foreword by F. Jack Hurley
LOST WORLDS: RUINS OF THE AMERICAS
ACC (London, New York), 2011
Photographs and text by Arthur Drooker
Foreword by Pico Iyer
AMERICAN RUINS
Merrell (London, New York), 2007
Photographs by Arthur Drooker
Foreword by Douglas Brinkley
Essay by Christopher Woodward